Marty’s photo of the day #1725: It’s Australia Week. I’m finding it harder and harder to come up with photos from Australia that I haven’t posted before, but I think I found some good ones for this week. Laughing kookaburras are handsome birds with a very famous call: Oo-oo-oo-aw-aw-aw-oo-oo-oo-aw-aw-aw. When motion picture soundtracks were in […]

Marty’s photo of the day #1470: It’s “Animals A thru Z Month.” Each day in June, I will post an animal I’ve photographed—somewhere in the world—in alphabetical order. P is for Painted Dogs. I photographed this pack of painted dogs in Zimbabwe. Big eared, long legged, and gangly, each dog has a unique coat pattern. […]

I have to confess: I read The Elephant Whisper solely because I’m the author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet—a book in the same “Wildlife” category on Amazon. Several times my book would be headed for # 1, only to be blocked by Lawrence Anthony’s book. And the few times my book did reach #1, The […]